You're planning your move to DB2 9. What's been deprecated?

"Deprecated" is such a great word. Have you ever looked it up in a dictionary? Try it sometime; you'll find most of its meaning very entertaining when you apply them to DB2. But I've gone have on a terrible tangent. "Deprecated" as used by IBM and this blog entry simply refer to features in DB2 that might be going away. Maybe not in this release, maybe not even the next release, but someday. Someday you'll open a DB2 manual and they'll be gone, just an empty where they used to be.. (that's humor of course).

The list of deprecated function in DB2 9 is short and sweet. The first two I am sure many of you have heard plenty about.

Private protocol will be leaving us; for sure this time. Yes, we have been saying this for a while. However, now if you try to use it you will receive a warning message. If you are using it, star moving to DRDA. Need help? Check out a post a mode a few months ago for details on a REXX exec that will help you get off private protocol.

The second feature I am sure many of you have heard (or read) about is simple table spaces. As of DB2 9 you can no longer create a simple table space. If you implicitly or explicitly create a table space without specifying SEGSIZE you will still get a segmented table space by default. If you have created simple table spaces prior to DB2 9, they are still completely usable, just as the DB2 catalog, which still uses some simple table spaces is completely usable.

This next one I am going to quote directly form the manual: "In a future release of DB2, applications that are compiled on unsupported compilers that do not support the COBOL COMP-5 attribute will no longer work."

This last one I'm just not sure of the impact. As of DB2 9, the DB2 product manuals will no longer be available in BookManager format. I've converted everything I use to PDFs over the last few years and only have a few very old publications, not available anywhere else, on BookManager. Who still uses BookManager would make an interesting polling question, but for another time.

Deprecated function means it will not work in a future release of DB2. It's noted here so you cam start planning how to get rid of these functions should you be currently using them. Don't worry. You'll get lots of warning when they are actually removed from the product. For now, consider yourself warned... (smile).

If you would like to bookmark a link where you can keep track of the most current information from IBM on what is being deprecated, use this link to the Information Center. The documentation on the web is in most cases the most current information you can find about DB2 9 for z/OS.

....While writing today's blog entry, I was listening to the local Milwaukee Country station. I missed their call letters, but they are somewhere on your dial around 106.5 (FM of course)....

Well, that's it for now.

And as always, thank you for stopping by and thanks for your continued support

Well, that's it for now.

And as always, thank you for stopping by and thanks for your continued support

Willie

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